Lord of the Flies and Hunger Games Compare and Contrast Essay

Lord of the Flies and Hunger Games Compare and Contrast Essay

Compare and contrast the situations in Lord of the Flies with The Hunger Games. Look at the notes in your Grammar & Composition pattern on different organizational patterns for writing Compare/Contrast essays. Compare means to note points of similarity. Contrast means to note points of differences.

Railroad pattern

Thesis

I. “A”

a. point 1

b. point 2

c. point 3

II “B”

a. point 1

b. point 2

c. point 3

Conclusion

You may use any of the patterns of organization.

Using your notes on The Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games, create an outline following one of the organizational patterns. See the guidelines on the back of this sheet.

Then format your essay into paragraphs in MLA. Use specific examples and quotations to make your essay meaningful.

Required: two quotations minimum.

Print the draft of the essay, have it edited using the peer / self-edit sheet, and then make a final copy. Submit it to Turnitin and print a copy to turn in.

Title ______

I. Introduction

A. Lead (or Hook - to get the reader’s attention - may be a quote, anecdote, statement, or statistic) ______

q B. General Information (be sure to summarize the two stories in the introduction, and give the authors and titles– Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the movie The Hunger Games, based on the novel by Susan Collins)

______

C. Thesis Statement - state claim/position (include a point of tension word and a counterclaim) ______

II. Body Paragraph 1 -

III. Body Paragraph 2 –

III. Body Paragraph 3 – [Necessary for Tennis Court pattern]

V. Conclusion

A. Restate thesis using different words:______

B. Importance (implications of facts, ideas presented) ______

C. So what – Clincher (final thought) ______

Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games: Compare and Contrast [Similarities and Differences]

RAILROAD PATTERN

I. Introduction

Thesis: Both the novel Lord of The Flies by William Golding and the film The Hunger Games present societies that are vicious and cruel, in similar settings, even though there are some differences between the two stories.

II. The Lord of the Flies

A. Survival

B. Settings

C. Leaders

III. The Hunger Games

A. Survival

B. Settings

C. Leaders

IV. Conclusion. What is similar and different? So what? Make final points.

TENNIS COURT PATTERN

I. Introduction

II. Survival

A. LofF

B. HG

III. Settings

A. LofF

B. HG

IV. Leaders

A. LofF

B. HG

V. Conclusion. So What? Make final points.

SOCK SORT PATTERN

I. Introduction. Lead (hook).

II. Similarities

A. Settings

B. Survival

C. Leaders

III. Differences

A. Settings

B. Survival

C. Leaders

IV. Conclusion. So What? Make final points.

Lord of the Flies / The Hunger Games
Purpose: Survival / Survival on isolated island for group of British school boys / Purpose: Survival / Capital of Pan Am dictates those in Districts will each submit 2 Tributes to Hunger Games – reminder not to revolt. The Capital watches Games (entertainment) as tributes fight to death.
Conflicts / Jack – immediate gratification, hunting, fun –
vs
Ralph – (Piggy, Simon, Samneric) rules, planning, shelter / Conflicts / Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Malark fight the other tributes to survive. Pres. Snow – cruel. Capital citizens – enjoy being able to put down District citizens.
Setting / Beautiful tropical island, food available / Setting / The Games’ arena is under a bubble, a “natural” terrain of forest with hidden dangers. Food is hard to find. Some dangers are engineered, such as the creatures that attack.
Leaders / Ralph – conscientious, caring, wants rules
Jack – spontaneous, power-hungry, impatient, violent / Leaders / Katniss and Peeta band together. Haymitch is helpful by sending parachutes of needed things.
Theme / The novel attempts to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. / Theme / Katniss and Peeta keep their humanity in a society enjoying violence; the Games are like reality TV, the government is a cruel dictatorship.
Appearance / Boys, savages – wear paint, changes their personalities / Appearance / Appearance important; costumes, cosmetics interest spectators
Similarities / Differences
Civilization a bare gloss, an exterior
Cruelty: Capital has fun realizing how much better off they are than Districts. / HG – society of haves and have-nots
LF – society at war: boys are not able to get along

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Works Cited

Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: A Perigee Book, 1954. Print.

The Hunger Games. Dir. Gary Ross. Perf. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 2012. Lionsgate. DVD.